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• Boozy UK women are 'drinking themselves to death quicker than men'

  02-06-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures from Public Health England showed booze-related hospital admissions for women rose three times that of men last year
  
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• Outgoing FIFA chief Sepp Blatter under investigation in FBI corruption case, claim reports in USA

  02-06-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors are said to be hoping to win the cooperation of some of the officials now under indictment and work their way up the organisation
  
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• China ferry disaster: Frantic bid to save 400 passengers trapped in hell after cruise ship capsized

  02-06-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Screams for help were heard coming from inside the luxury boat, which capsized in less than two minutes
  
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• ‘Waddling’ police told: Lose weight or lose your job

  02-06-2015 23:48
  
  BRITAIN'S top cop has ordered fat and unfit police to improve their physical condition - or find another job.
  
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• Tory hypocrites beg SNP for help landing lucrative Commons jobs - weeks after demonising them

  02-06-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conservative MPs are crawling to Scots nationalists for support in landing plum £82,000 chairs of select committees
  
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• Formula 1 legend Nigel Mansell changes track to invest in Welsh caravan park restaurant

  02-06-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former motor racing champ has put £700,000 into the venture, based in a Snowdonia holiday spot he's been visiting since he was a child
  
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• Charles Kennedy dead: Recap updates after former Liberal Democrat leader died aged 55

  02-06-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in from across British politics to the ex-Lib Dem leader, who died just weeks after losing his Commons seat of 32 years
  
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• Tragic Charles Kennedy's body found by secret lover who was drinking buddy's widow

  02-06-2015 23:42
  
  CHARLES Kennedy was found dead at home by his secret partner who was his best friend's widow, it was revealed today.
  
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• Whales saved by passersby in dramatic rescue off the coast of Scotland

  02-06-2015 23:40
  
  A DRAMATIC rescue effort has seen 12 long-finned pilot whales saved after a pod washed ashore in Scotland.
  
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• Manchester City Women's amazing facilities and lifestyle prove just how far female football has come

  02-06-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clemmie Moodie joined the only Women's Super League team with their own stadium to see how her own skills measured up to the professionals
  
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• Legal highs seized at Britain's borders nearly DOUBLE in a year as Tories plan mass crackdown

  02-06-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 3.5 tonnes were intercepted by Border Force officers who searched packages ordered over the internet - often from China
  
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• Dog owner devastated as pet terrier killed by WILD SNAKE found in UK

  02-06-2015 23:13
  
  A DOG lover is distraught after her pet terrier died after being bitten by a venomous snake.
  
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• Statins slash cancer deaths by 55 per cent say researchers hailing health breakthrough

  02-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US study shows the cholesterol-busting drug, which costs less than 10p a day, has an 'amazing' effect on survival rates in patients
  
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• Horrifying footage shows moment high-rise tower block turns into raging inferno as huge fire takes hold

  02-06-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Onlookers shout in amazement as tower block seemingly goes up in flames in a matter of moments
  
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• Police probe viral video of tragic teen attack filmed days before found hanged

  02-06-2015 22:50
  
  A VIDEO showing a tragic schoolboy punched to the ground a week before he was found hanged in a park is being investigated by police.
  
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• Alton Towers' The Smiler rollercoaster was 165 shaking seconds which felt like a lifetime

  02-06-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As I climbed aboard the front carriage - where the most seriously injured were sat today - I was met with the unnerving sight of crash test dummies sat behind me
  
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• Death march soldier was told to carry on despite medic’s fears

  02-06-2015 22:44
  
  A SOLDIER on a selection course march for the SAS that killed three of his comrades was ordered to carry on despite a medic warning he could die, an inquest heard today.
  
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• NASA prepares incredible 'flying saucer' spacecraft for test mission - laying the groundwork for human exploration of Mars

  02-06-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator will test breakthrough technologies that will eventually allow us to land heavier spaceships on the Red Planet
  
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• Paracetamol Challenge: Urgent warning to parents over potentially-lethal craze

  02-06-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The social media craze has spread through Facebook and Twitter, with parents and health professionals branding it "stupid and dangerous"
  
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• David Cameron will receive £7,000 pay rise for MPs - despite branding it 'unacceptable'

  02-06-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The millionaire PM will no longer seek to block the 10% hike, meaning his total package will rise from £142,500 to £149,440
  
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• Amber Peat: Body found in search for missing 13-year-old

  02-06-2015 22:24
  
  Police searching for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat have found a body, according to police. 
  
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• Amber Peat missing: Latest updates as body found in search for 13-year-old girl

  02-06-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amber Peat, 13, went missing from her home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at around 5.30pm on Saturday
  
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• BREAKING: Body found in search for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat

  02-06-2015 22:19
  
  A BODY has been found in the search for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three days.
  
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• Body found in search for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat

  02-06-2015 22:19
  
  A BODY has been found in the search for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three days.
  
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• Body found in search for missing Amber Peat

  02-06-2015 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Police searching for missing 13-year-old Amber Peat have found a body
  
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• Amber Peat: Body found in search for missing 13-year-old girl

  02-06-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 13-year-old was last seen at her home in Mansfield, Notts, at 5.30pm on Saturday
  
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• Sepp Blatter quits but plans 'far-reaching reforms' in 6 months before he's replaced as FIFA president

  02-06-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An election will not be held until December at the earliest despite the corruption scandal engulfing world football's governing body
  
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• Alton Towers rollercoaster crash: Law firm branded 'vultures' after touting for business during rescue effort

  02-06-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Broad Yorkshire Law posted a message aimed at anyone who had been injured in a rollercoaster crash, saying they were 'personal injury experts'
  
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• Killer freed on parole struck again in ‘Satan’ knife attack

  02-06-2015 22:15
  
  CONVICTED killer Keith Williams tried to stab a neighbour to death a year after his release from jail.
  
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• Even the Met Office supercomputer would not have forecast 1987 storm

  02-06-2015 22:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Is Michael Fish in the clear? A retrospective simulation gave only a 40 per cent probability of the freak weather occurring
  
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• Stunning photos show natural beauty both above and below the surface of the ocean around island paradise

  02-06-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The beautiful images of the sea around Bonaire Island in the Dutch Caribbean reveal the gorgeous tranquility of life there
  
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• Boston police kill terror suspect

  02-06-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say the man attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
  
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• Google's mind-blowing finger control technology could change the way we interact with gadgets

  02-06-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It looks like something from science fiction, but it actually uses radar to pick up tiny gestures
  
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• NHS told: Stop paying doctors £3,500 PER SHIFT as Government blamed for overspend

  02-06-2015 21:58
  
  JEREMY Hunt has been blamed for the NHS’s £3.3bn agency staff bill which he today ordered to be cut.
  
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• Meet the sex-mad marsupial which literally kills itself making love

  02-06-2015 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rare antechinus loves nookie so much it doesn't eat or sleep for a fortnight - often dying from exhaustion as a result
  
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• Charles Kennedy: Brilliant, brave and kind - but life threw so many tragedies at him

  02-06-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Friends of the tragic former Lib Dem leader say in his final days he was alone, heartbroken by his father's death and devastated at the loss of his Commons seat
  
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• British Museum criticised for loaning artefacts to Abu Dhabi organisation accused of abusing rights of workers

  02-06-2015 21:39
  
  The British Museum has come under fire over plans to loan hundreds of culturally significant artefacts, including some of its much-prized “highlights”, to an organisation in Abu Dhabi which has been accused of abusing the rights of workers.
  
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• Lord Trefgarne banned from driving

  02-06-2015 21:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Magistrates reject the Tory peer's claim he was rushing to the House of Lords toilets
  
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• Alton Towers crash: Four teenagers air-lifted to hospital with serious injuries

  02-06-2015 21:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Theme park bosses described the 50mph Smiler ride's crash as the worst accident in the Staffordshire resort's 35 year history
  
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• VIDEO: Night footage of Galapagos eruption

  02-06-2015 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dramatic footage has emerged of Ecuador's Wolf volcano spewing lava into the ocean.
  
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• Alton Towers crash: Four teenagers seriously hurt as The Smiler ride carriages collide - as it happened

  02-06-2015 21:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Four people badly hurt and among 16 trapped on The Smiler rollercoaster after collision between two carriages - latest updates
  
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• Watch shocking moment gun-wielding thugs rob man for his new trainers straight after he leaves shop

  02-06-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two thugs attacked the victim to steal his Foot Locker shopping bags and his wallet
  
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• Watch shocking moment gun-wielding thugs rob man for his new trainers straight after he bought them

  02-06-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two thugs attacked the victim to steal his Foot Locker shopping bags and his wallet
  
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• VIDEO: Eyewitnesses recall shock of crash

  02-06-2015 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eyewitnesses told the BBC what they had seen after four people were seriously hurt in a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers.
  
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• Stunt jets paint the sky green, white and red as Italy celebrates its Republic Day

  02-06-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The country's elite air force aerobatics team put on a spectacular display above a military parade and official events in Rome
  
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• BREAKING: Sepp Blatter to stand down as FIFA president, saying it needs ''profound restructuring''

  02-06-2015 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sepp Blatter will call a FIFA congress to elect a new president after standing down - updates from Zurich here
  
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• Alton Towers crash: Eyewitnesses describe rollercoaster smash

  02-06-2015 21:19 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Eyewitnesses criticise Alton Towers staff and management after two carriages collided on the Smiler rollercoaster leaving four teenagers with serious leg injuries
  
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• Charles Kennedy dead: Alex Salmond hits back after backlash over his 'crass' tribute

  02-06-2015 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alex Salmond has defended himself after he caused uproar by saying the late Charles Kennedy's 'heart wasn't in' the Better Together campaign
  
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• Amber Peat missing: Stepdad 'just wants his little girl home' as police search continues

  02-06-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Distraught Danny Peat, 31, is “petrified” about what has happened to her and said her disappearance on Saturday was completely out of character
  
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• Police hunt 'football fans' over 'racist attack' on Tube passenger following West Ham match

  02-06-2015 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 26-year-old man was left with severe cuts and bruises to his face and mouth after he was attacked by two men, who police believe were returning from a match at Upton Park
  
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